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100 Cantonese Idioms | Illustrations

Fall 2020

Idioms are fun. They're even more fun in other languages. As a challenge to practice Procreate and writing in Chinese, I drew and wrote Cantonese idioms for 100 days. The characters on the right are paired with a direct translation. When you hover over the image, you can see the meaning of the idiom.

 

Some of them are familiar, some are strange. They're a dime a dozen.

looks_good_but_not_practical.png
a_limit_to_how_good_a_person_is.png
not_mature.png
trick_someone-1.png
almost_impossible.png
talk_on_phone_a_lot.png
fired.png
double_agent.png
no_respect_for_law_and_order.png
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Words Treated as Unimportant.png
Use_Little_Capital_To_Make_A_Big_Profit 1.png
Too_Good_To_Be_True.png
Use_Little_Capital_To_Make_A_Big_Profit.png
Speaking_In_A_Begging_Tone.png
Take_Advantage_Of_A_Situation.png
That's_The_Limit 1.png
Reveal_Secret_By_Accident.png
Know_The_Score.png
Pass_Responsibilities_To_Someone_Else.png
Bragging.png
Don't_Worry_About_Losing_Money 1.png
About_To_Throw_Up.png
Fail_To_See_Or_Find_Something.png
Working_One_Job_While_Looking_For_A_Better_One.png
Unable_To_Make_Best_Use_Of_An_Opportunity_.png
Vain_Attempt_To_Do_Something.png
Risk_Everything_On_One_Bet.png
Rely_On_Oneself.png
Get yourself in Trouble.png
No_Business.png
Messy,_Troublesome.png
Visit_Someone_But_They're_Not_There.png
Too_Simple_That_One_Can_Understand_In_A_Second.png
Trick_Someone.png
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Emergency__bad_Event_.png
Don't_Worry_About_Losing_Money.png
Creating_A_Chance_To_Share_Your_Benefit.png
Demote_Him.png
Break_A_Promise.png
Bragging 1.png
Backstab_Someone.png
_Mean_Gossiping_.png
A_Stingy_Person.png
Unequal_Contest.png
Takes_Advantage_Of_Someone.png
Undiscriminating.png
Unable_To_Solve_Problem__Stalemate.png
Someone_Had_A_Happy_Discovery_.png
Exploit_A_Situation_To_Ones_Advantage.png
Fail_To_Appreciate_Others_Favors.png
Fight_To_Bitter_End__Refuse_To_Admit_One_Is_Wrong.png
Accuse_Someone_Of_Behaving_Secretively_.png
When_A_Person_Leaves_Someone_Will_Take_Their_Place.png
When_Pigs_Fly.png
Waste of Breath.png
Vomit.png
Unable_To_Solve_Problem__Stalemate 1.png
Speaking_In_A_Begging_Tone 1.png
To_Be_Flexible,_Adapt_To_Circumstances_In_An_Emergency.png
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